Connecter for demountable automobile doors



July 29, 1924. I

M. R. HULL CONNECTER FOR DEMOUNTABLE AUTOMOBILE DOORS Filed June 27, 1923 Patented July 229, 1924.

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MATTHEW R. I-IIILL, OF CO'NNERSVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO REX MANUFACTUR- ING- COMPANY, OF CONNERSVILLE, INDIANA, ACOR-PORA'IION OF INDIANA.

CONNEGTER FOR DEMOUNTABLE AUTOMOBILE DOORS.

Application filed June 27, 1923.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MATTHEW R. HULL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Connersville, in the county of Fayette and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Connecters for Demountable Automobile Doors, of which the following is a specification.

My said invention relates to a connecter for demountable automobile doors and it is an object of the same to provide improved means for holding the upper part of the door tightly closed.

Another object is to provide a connecter which shall be readily demountable together with the upper door section. 7

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts,

Figure 1 is a perspective of my improved device,

Figure 2, a section on'line 22 of Figure 1,

Figure 3, a detail of a post shown in Figure 1, and

Figure 4 a detail of a bracket shown in Figure 1.

In the drawings reference character 10 indicates a permanent lower door of an automobile which may be of any conventional or preferred form and has mounted thereon an upper door section with upper and lower Window sections 12 and 13, the upper section being slidably mounted in guides 14; and any convenient means being provided for holding it in raised position when desired.

The guides are formed on a frame 15 extending about the opening of the upper door section, this frame being usually made of Wood and having a metal frame 16 secured to the front thereof.

The side members of the frame have secured thereto near their lower ends bent strips of sheet metal 17 forming holding means for the bent ends 18 of a rod which is the principal element of the connecter between the door sections. Said rod has horizontal body portions 19 which are parallel to the upper part of the door and are connected at one end by an intermediate section comprising parts 20 bent at right angles to the parts 19 and extending across the thickness of the lower section, vertical Serial No. 648,095.

parts. 21 and a horizontal connecting part 22 at the lower end of the vertical parts 21.

The lower permanent section has sockets 23 adapted to receive posts 24 provided at their upper ends with eyes embracing the respective body portions 19 of the connecter. The part 22 is held in place by means of a bracket comprising two plates 25 and 26. The rear section25 of the bracket is per manently secured to the permanent door by screws 27 and the part or plate 26 which at upper door section is tilted slightlytoward the body of the car so that the extreme upper edge strikes first in closing the door and when the door is fully closed the parts of the connecter are under strain. This strain is borne mainly by the body portions 19 which are twisted as the door closes and the short connecting parts between said body portions and the vertical parts 17 which are bent at the same time.

In positioning the removable door section on the permanent door it will be seen that all that is necessary is to introduce the posts 24; into their sockets and to locate the part 22 as indicated after which the plate 26 .is fixed in place. In removing the upper door section the screws 29 are taken out and the plate 26 can then be removed after which the entire upper door section can be lifted off together with the connecter.

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art that my invention may be modified in various-ways without departing from the spirit of the invention and therefore I do not limit myself to what is shown in the drawings and described in the specification, but only as indicated in the appended claims.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A supporting bracket for demountable automobile doors comprislng a rod having an intermediate portion for attachment to the pern'ianent door section of an automobile said rod having a portion extending upward and trai'isversely of said door from each end of said intermediate portion with upward extensions for attachment to the demount able door section, and supporting elements on the transverse portions of the rod adapt ed to lit in sockets in the permanent door section, substantially as set forth.

2. In a door, a permanent lower section, a demountable upper section, a resilient connecter having bent ends for securing it to the demountable section, horizontal parts lying close to the demountable section and an intermediate bight extending to the inner edge of the permanent section and then down along the inner face of the same, and means for securing the bight to the per-ma nent door section, substantially as set forth 3. In a door, a permanent lower section, a demountable upper section, a resilient connecter having bent ends for securing it to the demountable section, horizontal parts lying close to the demountable section, and an intermediate bight extending to the inner edge of the permanent section and then down along the inner face of the same, a bracket comprising a plate to be secured to the permanent door sect-ion, and a curved end thereon extending over the lowermost part of said big-ht, substantially as set forth.

4:. In a vehicle door, a permanent lower section, a removable upper section, a connecter secured at its ends to the upper section said connecter having a horizontal portion lying against the inner face of the permanent section and a bracket for holding the said horizontal portion comprising a plate permanently secured to the permanent door section, a plate removably secured to the permanent plate, and means on said plates for gripping the adjacent part of the connecter, substantially as set forth.

5. A supporting bracket for demountable automobile doors comprising a rod having an intermediate portion for attachment to the permanent door section of an automobile said rod having a portion extending upward and transversely of said door from each end of said intermediate portion with upward extensions for attachement to the demountable door section, and means loosely mounted on the transverse sections adapted to be secured to the permanent door sections, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal at Connersville, Indiana, this 25th day of June, A. D. nineteen hundred and twenty-three. w

MATTHElV R. HULL. [n s] Witnesses:

R. H. CRAWFORD, C. T. BACKOUS. 

